Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication, Biomed and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL), which rose 4.08% or 60 points to trade at 1530 at the close. Meanwhile, Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) added 3.05% or 1880 points to end at 63420 and Avner L (TA:AVNRp) was up 2.01% or 4.0 points to 203.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Frutarom (TA:FRUT), which fell 2.80% or 530 points to trade at 18420 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) declined 0.94% or 42 points to end at 4424 and Osem (TA:OSEM) was down 0.85% or 52 points to 6036.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 176 to 158 and 119 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.46% or 0.14 to $30.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.05% or 0.01 to hit $28.93 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.16% or 1.70 to trade at $1089.00 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.27% to 3.9532, while EUR/ILS fell 0.71% to 4.2976.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 99.26.